Dynamoelectric machine



Jan. 12, 1943. w. R. eoss ETAL 2,308,279

DYNAMO -ELECTRIC MACHINE Filed Nov. 27, 1941 Inventor s: Wesley RGoss,

Ray D. Jones,

I by Fwy 5 Their Attorney.

@ctcnt Jam i2 i943 rename nrmnomcrmo mom Wesley B. Gore and Ray D. Jones, Fort Wayne,

General Electric Indi, assignora to corporation or New York Company, at

denounced November :1, 1941; Serial'No. 420.650

" a 0mm (oi. ran-cc!) This invention rflctcc to direct current com mutatcr type drnemo electlic maohinee wherein the armature reaction of the machine provides a. source o1 excitation thereto I A'direct current machine of the armature reaction excitation type is a dynamo-electric machine which may be operated as a motor, a generator, or a rotary transformer and is provided with a rotor or armature having a winding and a commutator of the conventional direct current dynamo-electric-machine type. The stationary member or other relatively rotatable member or such a. machine usually is arranged to provide a path of low magnetic reluctance to the mag netic flux set up by the armature currents and may be provided with various windings to improve or control the operation of the machine.

' I Another object of our invention is to improve the ei'iiciency of an armature reaction. excitation type dynamo-electric machine,

Further obiects and advantages of our invention will become apparent and our invention will be better understood from the following description referring to the accompanying drawing, and the features of novelty which characterize our invention will be pointed out with particularity The basic principle of operation of this machine is similar to that of a Rosenberg generator in that itdepends upon armature reaction ilux produccd by current flowing between two sets oi brushes for providing the desired characteristics oi the machine. By providing special stator iloid eliciting windings this type dynumo electrio machine may be made to provide a. controllable variable voltage and variable current character istic with a very high rate of response and high amplification ratio. In order to obtain this high amplification ratio and low time constant. the

stator is provided with a main control winding neutralize or compensate for the armature reaction produced by the load or secondary cur-- rent of the machine The compensating winding of these machines usually is arranged about all of the pole pieces or distributed on both sides of component of the magnetomotive force is produced by the compensating winding to assist the primary armature reaction and to compensate v and cnother'neld exciting winding is arranged to v are connected together by a. short-circuiting conductcr i l to provide a primary circuit through "tumble magnet frame member H.

in the claims annexed to and forming part of this specification. p In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a dis-- grammatic illustration of a dynamo-electric machine embodying our improved ileld excitins winding arrangement: Fig. 2 is a modification oi! the-arrangement shown in Fig. 1 having a diilerent control field exciting winding arrangement; and Fig. 3 is a. further modification similar to Fig. 2 and provided with a series compensating field exciting winding arranged partly about all of the pole pieces oi the machine,

Referring to the drawing we have shown an armature reaction excited dynamo-electric matwronged You a generator provided with a rotatable member or armature it having a commutator connected to an armature winding of v p the conventional direct current type and adapted to be driven by any suitable source or mechemical power. For illustrative purposes, the machine is shown as having a. two-pole excitation system, and each pole includes two pole piecce mounted on a stationary or relatively ro- With this in; encitction system, the armature is provided wit 1 it not oi primary brushes l2 and it which the armature l0. A set of secondary brushes I! and It also contacts the commutator oi the armature ii and is electrically displaced about the and provides a eecondary circuit through the or countenbalance a. component. oi the compensating magnetomotive force which opposes I f the primary component of armature reaction. In order to provide these counter-balanced components oi compemsntmg field exciting winding magnetomotive torce, a certain number oi? ampere turns is required which have no beneficial M eilect and merely increase the losses of the.

machine and decrease its emciencyi An obiect of our invention is'to provide an improved dynamo-electric'machine or the arms ture reaction excitation type having high ampliiicetion one? characteristics,

' armature it. In order to obtain a substantially j (balanced distribution of electric currents through the various parts oi the armature, the secondary brushes II and it are displaced substantially 90 electrical degrees from the primary brushes v It and it. Since theprimcry brushes ll and iy i 13 are short circuited, a. very small cmount oi flux is required to induce a voltage between these brushes to build up a relativelv large primary 1 current through that part oi the ermature winding which is connected between these brushes.

, This primary current will produce-a magnetic dust or a primary crmature'reaction along the to primary armature reaction.

primary axis, as indicated by the arrow l1. As the armature rotates, the conductors which are connected to the secondary brushes l5 and [8 will cut the primary armature reaction flux and a voltage will be induced between these brushes. If these brushes be connected to a load, a secondary or load current will flow through the secondary circuit in the armature and produce a secondary armature reaction along the axis of these brushes, as indicated by the arrow (8 in the drawing.

In order to control the secondary or load characteristics of the generator, the stationary member of the machine is provided with split or divided poles which may be formed by salient pole pieces i9, 20, 2i, and 22 arranged intermediate the primary and secondary brushes as shown in all or the figures of the drawing. A control field exciting winding 23 is arranged to provide a component of magnetic excitation along the secondary commutating axis of the machine in opposition to the secondary armature reaction [8, and in the illustrated arrangement, this winding is arranged on the pole pieces 20 and 22, such that a component of excitation also is produced by this winding along the primary commute-ting axis in the same direction as the primary armature reaction I], thereby producing a compounding eflect with the primary armature reaction and not producing any component of excitation opposed to th primary armature reaction. This increases the efilciency of the machine by reducing the number of ampere turns required to provide a desired magnetomotive force, as the control field exciting winding 22 is not arranged to provide any component of excitation opposed to the primary armature reaction. Furthermore, the efficiency or the machine is increased due to the reduction in the mean length 01 turn as the control field exciting winding 23 is only arranged about one of the pole pieces comprising each secondary pole. The excitation of this winding is indicated by arrows in the drawing. A series field exciting winding 24 is arranged on the pole pieces 20 and 22 and is connected in series with the secondary armature circuit to provide a component of magnetic excitation responsive to electric current in the armature secondary circuit in opposition to the secondary armature reaction ll. It is desirable that this component should be substantially equal and opposite to the secondary armature reaction IS in order to minimize the excitation which the control field exciting winding 23 must provide. This series compensating field exciting winding 24 also provides a component of magnetic excitation in the same direction as the primary armature reaction I! and produces a compounding action therewith, thereby reducing the primary short-circuited current in the armature necessary to produce a desired secondary voltage. This excitation is indicated by arrows in the drawing. Furthermore, the field exciting winding 24 is only arranged on the pole pieces 2 and 22 which comprise those parts of the secondary poles which do not require that the series compensating field exciting winding produce a component or excitation'in opposition Thus, the number of ampere turns required to produce a desired compensating effect is minimized by eliminating the unnecessary ampere turns used to balance out the magnetomotive force which would be opmsed to the primary armature reaction if the compensating winding were arranged about all of the parts of all of the rules.

This also reduces the mean length 01 turn of the compensating field exciting winding in a manner similar to that of the control field exciting winding and further reduces the losses and increases the efilciency oi the machine. This provides a machine having two relatively rotatable members, both 0! which are arrangw to provide some component of magnetic excitation to the machine. In this arrangement, no field exciting windings are arranged on the pole pieces l8 and 2|, and these pole pieces are adapted to provide a low reluctance path for the various fluxes set up in the machine.

Fig. 2 illustrates a modification oi the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 wherein the armature or rotatable member "I and the series compensating winding 24 are substantially the same as those in Fig. 1 and operate in a similar manner. In this arrangement, the control or the machine is obtained by providing a field exciting winding 25 distributed on all of the parts of the difierent poles, such that the net control flux is along the secondary commutating axis of the machine in opposition to the secondary armature reaction I. Such a control field exciting winding arrangement may be desirable in certain instances to provide a more balanced distribution of the magnetic fluxes, and the emciency oi the machine in such an arrangement also is substantially increased over the conventional machine by the improved arrangement of the compensating winding 24. The direction of the magnetomotive Korea 0! all of these windings is indicated by arrows in the drawing.

Fig. 3 illustrates a further modification or my improved machine wherein the armature I0 and the control field exciting winding 25 are arranged in substantially the same manner as in Fig. 2. In this construction, the series compensating field exciting winding is provided with a portion 26 about all 01' the pole pieces as in the conventional machine, and is provided, in addition, with a portion 24 similar to the compensating field exciting windings 24 in Figs. 1 and 2. The series field exciting winding portion 24 provides not only a compensating component of excitation, but also a cumulative compounding component of excitation in the same direction as the primary armature reaction ll, as explained with respect to Figs. 1 and 2. The direction of the magnetomotive forces of all of these windings ls indicated by arrows in the drawing, and the arrangement of the portion 24 of the compensating field exciting winding increases the efilciency of the machine over a conventional construction by reducing a part of the mean length of turn of the compensating field exciting winding and by providing a portion 01 the primary armature excitation, thereby reducing the primary short-circuit armature current.

While we have illustrated and described particular embodiments 0! our invention, modifications thereof wiii occur to those skilled in the art. We desire it to be understood, therefore, that our invention is not to be limited to the particular arrangements disclosed, and we intend in the appended claims to cover all modifications which do not depart from the spirit and scope of our invention.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A dynamo-electric machine having a stationary member and a rotatable member provided with a winding and a commutator connected thereto, means including a commutator priaaoasvo mary brush set and a commutator secondary brush set displaced from said primary brush set for providing a primary circuit and a secondary circuit respectively through said rotatable member adapted to provide a primary and a secondary component at armature reaction magnetic excitation respectively to said machine, pole pieces on said stationary member arranged intermediate said rimary and secondary brushes, and a field exciting winding arranged on one or said pole pieces to provide a component or magnetic excitation responsive to electric current in said armature secondary circuit and in opposition to the secondary component of armature reaction and no component in opposition to the primary component of armature reaction.

2. A dynamo-electric machine having a pair or relatively rotatable members, one oi! said members being provided with a winding and a commutator connected thereto, means including a commutator primary brush set and a commutator secondary brush set displaced about said commutator irom said primary brush set for providing a primary circuit and a secondary circuit respectively through said one member arranged to provide a primary and a secondary component of armature reaction magnetic excitation respectively to said machine, pole pieces on said stationary member arranged intermediate said primary and secondary brushes, means ineluding a field exciting winding arranged on said pole pieces for providing a component of magnetic excitation responsive to electric current in said armature secondary circuit in opposition to the secondary component of armature reaction and not in opposition to the primary component of armature reaction, and means including a second field exciting winding for providing a control component of magnetic excitation to said machine in substantially the same direction as said first-mentioned field exciting winding. v

3. A dynamo-electric machine having a pair of relatively rotatable members, one of said members being provided with a winding and a commutator connected thereto, means including a commutator primary brush set and a commutator secondary brush set displaced about said commutator from said primary brush set tor providing a primary circuit and a secondary circuit respectively through said one member arranged to provide a primary and a secondary component oi armature reaction magnetic excitation respectively to said machine, and means including a field exciting windingarranged to provide a component of magnetic excitation responsive to cur rent in said armature secondary circuit with a component in opposition to the secondary component of armature reaction and a component in the same direction as the primary component oi armature reaction without any component opposed to the primary armature reaction.

4. A dynamo-electric machine having a pair of relatively rotatable members, one of said memhere being provided with a winding and a commutator connected thereto, means including a commutator primary brush set and a commutator secondary brush set displaced about said commutator from said primary brush set for providing a primary circuit and a secondary circuit respectively through said one member arranged to provide a primary and a secondary citation respectively to said machine, means including a field exciting winding for providing a component of magnetic excitation responsive to electric current in said armature secondary circuit in opposition to the secondary component oi armature reaction and a compounding component of excitation in the same direction as the primary component of armature reaction, at least a part of said field exciting winding providing a component of excitation in the same direction as the primary armature reaction without a corresponding component in opposition thereto, and means including a second field exciting winding for providing a control component of magnetic excitation to said machine in opposition to the secondary armature reaction.

5. A dynamo-electric machinehaving a pair oi relatively rotatable members, one 01 said members being provided with a winding and a commutator connected thereto, means including a commutator primary brush set and a commutator secondary brush set displaced about said commutator from said primary brush set for providing a primary circuit and a secondary circuit respectively through said one member arranged to provide a primary and a secondary component of armature reaction magnetic excitation respectively to said machine, said other member having an excitation system of magnetic material torming divided poles, portions of said divided poles on each side or said primary and said secondary brushes respectively forming primary and secondary poles for the primary and secondary armature reactions, means including a field exciting winding arranged on a portion of each of said poles 180 electrical degrees apart for providing a component of magnetic excitation responsive to electric current in said armature secondary circuit and in opposition to the secondary component of armature reaction and not in opposition to the primary component or armature reaction, and means including a second field exciting winding arranged on the same portions of said poles as said first-mentioned field exciting winding tor providing a control component oi magnetic excitation to said machine in substantially the same direction as said first-mentioned field exciting winding.

8'. A dynamo-electric machine having a pair of relatively rotatable members, one of said members being provided with a winding and a commutator connected thereto, means including a commutator primary brush set and a commutator secondary brush set displaced about said commutator from said primary brush set for providing a primary circuit and a secondary circuit respectively through said one member arranged to provide a primary and a secondary component or armature reaction magnetic excitation respectively to said machine, said other member having an excitation system oi magnetic material forming divided poles, portions oi in opposition to the primary component 0! ar-- component of armature reaction magnetic exmature reaction, means including a'second field exciting winding arranged in the some portion: portions 0! said poles for providing I. component or said poles as said first-mentioned iieid excitof magnetic excitation responsive to electric curing winding for providing a control component rent in said armnture secondary circuit 1nd in o! magnetio excitation to said machine in subopposition to said secondary component oi uv stantially the same direction an aid iiretmen- 5 mature reaction. I

tioned iield exciting winding, Ind means inciud- R. 0088.

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